Parenting Preschoolers (3-5) Support Group

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I always had baskets in every room for toys when the kids was small but know they are four they have to clean up their toys and put them back in their room.They don't get back where I want them but I look at it alest they are in there room.

There are definitely toy-free areas for us: The living room/dining room, our bedroom/bathroom. Also, surprisingly enough, their bedrooms are without toys, just tons and tons of books. However, one side of my basement is toys 24/7 and I have toy drawers behind a chair in the upstairs family room. With Christmas, there are toys in that room that don't fit in the drawers. Still have to figure out where the little horse barn is going to end up. (grin)

My kids are gaes 3 and 4 and I do allow them to have toys in the LR to play. All their toys are in their room since we moved to the house and before we had a good portion is the LR due to lack of space. Now I do limit pnly a few at a time and they pick all their toys up. I call my son my LR cleaner he is really good about picking up the LR and basically I vacuume..LOL I am pregnnat with baby 3 so I will have a bnasket of baby toys when she starts playing though.

We have toys everywhere. Dont get me wrong, our home is not messy. there is a place for every toy. i think i agree with Cyncia when she says it is their home also. but we do have rules about picking up after themselves. As for the yard...well toys toys toys!!!

When I grew up, we weren't allowed to sit, walk through, or be in the living room, dining room, or the guest powder room.

I positively and completely hated my mother for that rule. It created a sense that we were not valuable to her at all. To this day, I hate her for it.. Well, maybe not 'hate' per se, but I have hostile feelings about her and her insane rules meant only to belittle, demean, and debase her children.

So, for my own children.. ALL and EVERY nook and cranny were acceptable for their presence and use. However, they did have to learn to take responsiblity and accountability of that freedom.

That meant from the living room to their rooms. Clean it, take care of our home.

Now, that we are raising a granddaughter.. the same holds true.

She is free to go in our room, her room, the library, the great room, anywhere.. however, she is at 3 1/2 held to the &quot;clean it up&quot; rule. It isn't done with a finger pointed at her, but more.. &quot;let's get this cleaned up!&quot; with a happy tone.

So far.. so good.

My children cannot believe my mother. To this day..

She is a B*TCH about where we sit, if we can walk on that rug or not, and all these rules and things about her things.

There are no toys in my kids rooms. That way when its bed time theres nothing to play with and they know there room is just for naps and bedtime. We have all the toys separated into totes and they can get one tote out at a time and then they MUST pick it up to get another. Its a pain sometimes to stop what your doing to go get toys again for the 500th time but I put a 10 minute time Limit. They have to play with it for at least 10 minutes.

I run a small daycare out of my home and since the older children (both 2 year old boys) are now begining to grasp rules and follow directions, I have started limiting where it is acceptable for the toys to be. The generally will keep them in the playroom now, they are not allowed to have that at the breakfast/lunch table, and the kitchen is not only off limits to toys, but also to them. I do keep a small basket of toys in the living room for the baby so that he is always within my site.

My son brings his crayons and markers to the living room (so he won't color on things he shouldn't). All other toys stay in his room. I also have OCD about cleaning. So my son can only have one group of toys out at a time, like Thomas sets, Lightning McQueen sets, Matchbox cars. I've also found that he takes better care of his toys.

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